Waterloo, Ia. – In a campaign stop here this afternoon, Michele Bachmann dismissed comments from her former campaign manager that her campaign lacked resources to compete beyond Iowa.

Ed Rollins, who managed the Minnesota Congresswoman’s campaign until just two weeks ago, told MSNBC that she didn’t have the “ability or resources” to compete in nominating contests beyond Iowa. Rollins still has an informal role with the campaign.

When asked about the comments, Bachmann said she intended to win the caucuses and compete in the primaries and caucuses that will follow.

”Our campaign is alive and well and doing very, very well and we’re thrilled with how we’re doing,” Bachmann said

She noted her Iowa Straw Poll win last month, a victory that was seen as a key early indicator of support, and reiterated that the caucuses are key to her strategy for securing the nomination.

“We’ll continue to be here because we intend to win the all-important Iowa caucuses. We don’t take it for granted, and that’s why we’re on the ground meeting with as many voters as we possibly can,” she said.

As evidence of her strength beyond Iowa, Bachmann pointed to recent campaign stops in California, Arizona, Florida and South Carolina and New Hampshire. (She was in California and Florida for Republican candidate debates.)

“We’ve been all over the country and we’ve had a wonderfully incredibly warm response everywhere we’ve gone,” she said.